List of ambassadors of Germany to Denmark explained

The following is a partial list of German diplomatic representatives to Copenhagen in Denmark.

History

Prussian envoys have been appointed to Copenhagen since 1656, and from the North German Confederation since 1868. The German Empire appointed envoys to Copenhagen since 1871. During the occupation by the German Reich from 1940 to 1945, these were replaced by Reich Plenipotentiaries. In January 1951, a Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany was set up in Copenhagen, which was converted into an embassy in June 1951.

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is currently headed by Prof. Dr. Pascal Hector, Ambassador and is located at Göteborg Plads 1, 2150 Nordhavn, Copenhagen. There are German consuls in Aarhus (the seat of Aarhus Municipality), Haderslev (the administrative seat of Haderslev Municipality), Nuuk (the capital of Greenland), Nørresundby (a city in Aalborg Municipality), Odense (the largest city on the island of Funen), Rønne (the largest town on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea), and Tórshavn (capital of the Faroe Islands).[1]

Envoys from the German States (before 1871)

Hanseatic envoys

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Gerhard Ernst von Franckenau17201720Chargé d'affaires (Lübeck only)
17201723Agent (Lübeck only)
Hieronymus Nicolaus Gercken1723Agent
Hermann Jacob Forck17521759Resident (for Bremen from 1757).
Heinrich Carl Meinig17591810Resident, agent until 1805 (for Hamburg from 1769)
Interruption of relationships as a result French annexation of the Hanseatic cities: 1810-1814
August Wilhelm Pauli18141848Resident minister, agent until 1829
Vacant: 1848-1855
Friedrich Krüger18551864Resident Minister
Vacant: 1865-1868[2]

Saxon envoys

Diplomatic relations were established in 1743.

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
17001703
17051711
17111711
17141715
Hieronymus von Leipziger17171720
17571768
1778
18151808
18151836

Prussian envoys

Diplomatic relations were established in 1656.

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Friedrich Christian Hieronymus von Voss17481752
18141826
18261830
Atanazy Raczyński18301842
August Ludwig Schoultz von Ascheraden18421847
Vacant: 1847-1850
18501854
Alphonse von Oriola18541859
18591864
Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa18641867Became Envoy of the North German Confederation in 1867.
NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa18711878
Anton von Magnus18781881
Maximilian von Philipsborn18811885
Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm18851887
Egon von den Brincken18871895
Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter18951899
Wilhelm von Schoen19001905
Viktor Henckel von Donnersmarck19061910
Julius von Waldthausen19101912
Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau19121918
Konstantin von Neurath19191922
Frédéric von Rosenberg19221922
Gerhard von Mutius19231926
Ulrich von Hassell19261930
Herbert von Richthofen[3] 19301936
Cécil von Renthe-Fink19361942
Werner Best19421945German occupation of Denmark during World War II

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Wilhelm Nöldeke[4] 19511954Consul General from January 1951; Ambassador from June 1951
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz19541958
Gerhart Feine19581959
Hans Berger19591963
Friedrich Buch19631966
Klaus Simon19661970
Günther Scholl19701973
Werner Ahrens19731977
Harald Hofmann19771981
Rudolf Jestaedt19811986
Helmut Redies19861987
Rüdiger von Pachelbel19881991
Hermann Gründel19911996
Johann Dreher19972001
Johannes Dohmes20012005
Gerhard Nourney20052008
Christoph Jessen20082011
Michael Zenner20112014
Claus Robert Krumrei20142017
Andreas Meitzner20172019
Detlev Rünger20192021
Pascal Hector2021Present

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amt . Auswärtiges . German missions in Denmark . www.auswaertiges-amt.de . . 9 January 2024 . en.
  2. Hamburgischer Staats-Kalender auf das Jahr 1867, Nestler & Melle, Hamburg 1867, S. 89
  3. Web site: 2022-03-24. Richthofen'scher Familienverband. Die Familie in der Zeit der Weltkriege von 1914 bis 1945.
  4. https://www.bundesarchiv.de/cocoon/barch/0000/z/z1961z/kap1_2/para2_49.html bundesarchiv.de